7Immediately, Raka regretted rowing closer to the scene of the battle. When she peered down into the water, all that she could see was a cloud of blood. She called Bey's name, but he didn't come to the surface. Then, the sharks started bumping the boat. One after another, they glided up and bumped it with their powerful bodies. They struck the boat with increasing force, pushing it over the waves...hitting it so hard that they knocked Raka off her knees and sent her sprawling back against the nets. And still, they kept coming. Raka pressed herself against the nets and waited for the boat to capsize. Though Bey had told her before that the sharks only intended to hold her until the guardsmen could get to her, she guessed that things had changed. Now that Bey had attacked and wounde